Nor'West News: July 03, 2018

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Wet winter causes delays
• By Sophie Cornish
THE ST Albans Park upgrade
has gone over budget and a wet
winter is likely to see it delayed
further.
The cost of the project has
increased by $160,000 to $2.1
million.
The upgrade includes installing
a drainage system, replacing
the existing turf with sand-based
turf and rebuilding the sports
pavilion.
City council manager community
parks Al Hardy said the
increase was caused by ground
conditions issues, when installing
the main drainage lines.
The ground conditions were
significantly worse than what
had been predicted after initial
ground tests at the time the site
was designed and specified.
“A gravel raft was required under
the main line pipes to meet
the required standards and sign
off as required in the contract,”
he said.
This required additional excavation
and supply of the gravel to
create the raft and had a follow
on effect of additional material
(1200 tonne) to be removed from
the site. Mr Hardy also said wet
weather has caused the completion
date to be pushed out to
December or January 2019.
Originally, city council predicted
the pavilion would be
completed in August and the
grounds in September, at the
latest.
Papanui-Innes Community
Board chairwoman Ali Jones
said not much can be done
when the issues are to do with
the weather. However, Ms
Jones believes the pavilion and
toilet block will be complete well
ahead of the grounds.
“We are considering having
an opening event, if there is a
big gap between the completion
of the pavilion and the grounds
being ready,” she said.
Additional funding for the
project was included in the Long
Term Plan, which was adopted
by city council last week.
The new pavilion will have
two public toilets, two changing
rooms with toilets and showers,
WEATHER: The
completion of the
St Albans Park
project has been
delayed due to the
wet winter, and the
budget has been
pushed out to $2.1
million.
a referee’s room, two storage
rooms and attic space where
sports clubs can store gear during
the off-season. Two artificial
cricket wickets will also be
installed.
The upgrade came as a result
of ongoing frustration from St
Albans residents, who said the
park and playground have been
a disaster of smelly, brown water
following the February 22, 2011,
earthquake.
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Students living in Shirley, Richmond,
Avonside, Edgeware and
parts of Linwood will still be
able to attend Shirley Boys’ and
Avonside Girls’ high schools.
However, the addresses will only
be deemed ‘in zone’ for as long
as they contain the children currently
at the address. The zone
does not included people who
move in to the area.
CHURCH REBUILD
The site of St Margaret’s
Presbyterian Church on
Farrington Ave, Bishopdale, has
been cleared. The church was
damaged in an arson attack in
2016. City council staff have met
with the building project team to
provide information and advice
around community needs.
NOTICEBOARD MOVES
The community noticeboard,
which was installed in front of
the former Bishopdale Library
and Community Centre is now
located in Bishopdale New
World. After being installed in
2015, the board was removed
when the library was demolished
last year. Since then, city council
staff have been looking for a new
placement and late last month it
was installed in New World by
the Bishopdale MeNZ Shed.
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